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  1. dew1679666265
    Moving Chapman to the 60-day DL accounts for the 40-man spot, so no one else has to be removed from it. Do we need to clear a spot on the 25-man for him?
  2. dew1679666265
    Ok, from that perspective adding a bullpen arm or two makes more sense. I'm used to just assuming 2013 and probably 2014 will be forfeit seasons, so I was responding to your post from that perspective. I also have trouble believing they'll tank another season (or two), but I also didn't believe they'd intentionally tank one, so who knows.
  3. dew1679666265
    Yeah, he definitely doesn't have a ton of value, but there will be a team (or probably more) willing to sign him as a SS and he probably prefers to play short. That's why I said I'd be willing to give him more money than his best SS offer.
  4. dew1679666265
    Good question. I'd be willing to pay him extra to make the move in hopes that it wouldn't become an issue, though.
  5. dew1679666265
    If we go that route, I'd look very hard at Stephen Drew.
  6. dew1679666265
    I guess I just don't see the point given what it appears the Theo regime's plan is. If they decide to actually go with the "parallel fronts" this offseason and start adding mid-long term talent to the ML roster (i.e. Upton/Anibal/Marcum/Liriano types) along with rebuilding the minors, then I don't necessarily have a problem with patching the pen a little. But if they decide to continue tanking next season, then you're really just wasting money by signing bullpen arms (unless you can do what davell suggested and grab a rebound closer on a 1-year deal who you could trade).
  7. dew1679666265
    I don't really see that interpretation, honestly. That may very well be the case, but the "still don't have the appetite" strikes me as Mooney saying we'll only sign guys like David DeJesus this offseason because we're not ready to sign guys to Pujolsesque contracts. My point was that there are contracts and players in between DeJesus and Pujols, but too many people don't seem to realize that.
  8. dew1679666265
    I get quibbling over whether he's a decent starter or one of the better second basemen in the league, but I just don't see any way you can argue that he's nothing better than a utility guy.
  9. dew1679666265
    Really, really great deal. I love the Theo regime.
  10. dew1679666265
    I could see that I guess.
  11. dew1679666265
    I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple ST invites like Corpas and Camp were, but I think any closer we signed would be to a longer deal than would be easily tradeable at next year's deadline. I took UMFan's post to mean we'd spend actual money on relievers and I'd be surprised if we did. Far too volatile to have any expectations to deal them at the deadline.
  12. dew1679666265
    Why do so many people think these are the only two options in FA? Not all contracts given out are either bargain basement or megadeals. There is a middle ground.
  13. dew1679666265
    nm
  14. dew1679666265
    Not sure I see a point in spending anything on bullpen arms if we plan to tank another season or two. It's questionable enough when you're trying to win games.
  15. dew1679666265
    This makes me very happy. Though, I guess I could nitpick and wish it was a bit longer.
  16. dew1679666265
    That makes me sad.
  17. dew1679666265
    Possible, I'm not a big fan of their WRs though (other than Welker).
  18. dew1679666265
    In the one snake draft I've done so far, I had the 4th pick and was able to get Calvin in the first round and then Stafford in the second (pick 17). I was really happy with that.
  19. dew1679666265
    A workload decrease is possible for McCoy, but I can't imagine it'll be that significant. Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if the Ravens put more on Flacco this season and tried to preserve Rice some, thus decreasing his workload as well. Really, the questions surrounding all 3 RBs are part of why I prefer Rodgers/Calvin over them. Far fewer questions for both.
  20. dew1679666265
    Like I said in the post you quoted, I consider 4+ years to be "long term." So keeping Barney through his arbitration years (5 years) would be long term in my eyes. And the 8+ year contracts are being given to the Ryan Brauns and others, guys well above Barney's class. That's the point I made earlier - he may consider "long term" to be 8-10+ years, as many on here seem to. My problem with defining long term that way, though, is that there are next to no current major league players who could be considered "long term" pieces under that definition.
  21. dew1679666265
    I don't think so. I'd probably take Rodgers or Calvin over either. I prefer McCoy to Arian/Rice as well.
  22. dew1679666265
    Part of my thinking in my post was in reference to the people I've talked to (primarily on here) who don't consider guys signed to 4 year contracts as "long term" options (i.e. BJ Upton). Their definition of long term seems to be (if I'm not misinterpreting) much longer than that. My thinking was if Law shares their view on what long term is, then he wouldn't consider Barney a long term option. I tend to agree with you on this, though. To me, 2-3 years is mid term and about 4+ years is long term (roughly).
  23. dew1679666265
    League's full.
  24. dew1679666265
    I'm the same way. Had a draft a couple days ago (snake draft) where I actually passed on Ray Rice to take Calvin Johnson at #4 and probably would have passed on Arian and McCoy as well had they not already been gone. I used to take RBs really high, but I've found I can find nearly the same value with the mid-tier guys while there's a pretty hefty dropoff from the top tier WRs to the mid-tier guys. Same goes for auction drafts for me. If I'm going to overspend, it's going to be on WRs and a QB rather than RBs.
  25. dew1679666265
    Hm, he may be. And if he is, then either he's being a jerk or he's not paying attention.
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